Chapter 1 The Significance of God's Domain

The high-end setting of God's Domain determined that the meaning and value of many things here were vastly different from the ordinary server.

In the ordinary server, the various guilds fought tooth and nail for dungeon records, mainly for the sake of achievement. They used achievements to prove their strength, and used strength to attract the attention of new players who had just entered Glory, absorbing them as members and organizing them to become supporters of their own teams. The greatest value of dungeon records lay in this.

But in God's Domain, the concept was different.

It couldn't be said that there were no newbies in God's Domain. After all, many people directly bought accounts in God's Domain, skipping the ordinary server and coming directly to this high-end realm. But more often, they had experienced the ordinary server and entered after completing the God's Domain challenge mission.

These people had been in contact with Glory for quite some time. From playing online games to paying attention to the professional scene, they knew very well which guilds had club backgrounds. For these people, club guilds no longer needed to attract their attention through achievements. For old players, these guilds' names were the biggest golden signs.

Moreover, in God's Domain, the major guilds had stable foundations and didn't need to use any means to repeatedly prove their existence.

In God's Domain, everyone also competed for dungeon records, but not to prove their strength. In God's Domain, the rewards given by the system after taking a dungeon record were what everyone valued most. However, after the records reached a certain level, it was quite difficult to break through again.

Looking at the composition of the teams in the dungeon records of God's Domain, it was clear that they were completely different.

There were countless star-studded names in the dungeon records here. They were professional characters from the pro scene.

That's right, in God's Domain, the ban on professional players and professional characters participating in competition didn't exist. This was what the Glory Alliance had strived for at the beginning. And the Alliance Chairman's famous speech at that time was still talked about by players.

In that speech, the Chairman touted one of the biggest advantages of Glory, an esports mode based on online games, to the extreme: interaction.

That's right, no other esports project had Glory's intimate interaction model.

Football, basketball, F1, even chess, or other esports projects, all had a large number of fans, but professional players were always a distant existence for them, and ordinary people rarely had the opportunity to interact with them.

But Glory, this competitive mode based on online games, could narrow the distance between ordinary players and professional stars through the online game platform. Imagine, in the ordinary online game, you might be able to meet the professional star you admire, or you might have the opportunity to team up with your favorite professional character to run dungeons and kill bosses.

The core idea of this speech really stirred up the support of a lot of Glory players at that time. And at that time, Glory had just launched God's Domain, and wanted to promote and announce this new setting. Glory players were undoubtedly a very attractive existence, so there wasn't too much difficulty in this regard.

Players supported it, and the game company was accommodating, so the rule that professional players were not prohibited in God's Domain was established at that time.

In the early days, the beautiful blueprint described by the Alliance Chairman did appear. Professional players were, in fact, among the first batch of characters to enter God's Domain at that time. In God's Domain, ordinary players could often play with professional players. However, with the continuous development of Glory, the increase in the number of players, and the continuous updating and expansion of the map, professional players became more and more popular, and the original blueprint was no longer easy to see.

Professional players didn't come to play, and this didn't even require a ban from the Alliance. Professional players themselves didn't dare to log in with their professional characters.

The large number of onlookers made it impossible for professional characters who logged into the game to do anything. Onlookers were only one aspect. In fact, sometimes they were besieged. Whether it was to fight with a pro player or to covet the equipment on the pro player, all kinds of mentalities led to the disappearance of the beautiful interactive blueprint that was described at the beginning in this year of Glory's esports popularity.

Now, professional players basically only show up when challenging peak records. As a result, the major dungeon record leaderboards in God's Domain were filled with their names.

And their purpose in farming records was, of course, to seize the resources rewarded by the records.

Resources.

In God's Domain, the competition between the major guilds was such a naked game of grabbing money.

The same was true for dungeon records, and even more so for wild field bosses.

Materials, all kinds of materials. For the professional scene, the value of materials was completely higher than that of equipment. For Glory online games without pick-up binding, it wasn't too difficult to obtain any equipment that could be dropped in the game if you really wanted it. Only self-made equipment, this kind of high-end thing, was the ultimate pursuit of the high-end pro scene. And self-made equipment could never be without all kinds of materials.

And the production of materials in Glory was spread throughout all game activities.

The level of the materials was not the key. The drop rate was what really determined the value of the materials.

Certain unique materials dropped by wild field bosses were, of course, the most precious. With only 52 copies produced per year, if it was really used in the self-made research of some equipment, it meant that there were only 52 chances of failure in a year, and this was under the theoretical condition of taking all the production.

How could such materials not be expensive? And how could the equipment made with such materials not be strong?

The level 65 wild field boss, Wilderness Bandit, would drop the unique weapon, a revolver called Wildfire. Wildfire, in the hands of ordinary players, was already very sharp just for the value of the weapon. But in the pro scene, level 65 weapons were usually not worth mentioning.

However, these equipment could also be used in the research of self-made equipment. It was just that the range in which weapons could be used was relatively narrow. Taking Wildfire as an example, no matter how broad, it couldn't exceed the scope of gun-type weapons. With less use, the demand was lower, and the value was, of course, relatively lower.

But no matter how low, as long as it was unique, it was always more precious than the relatively common rare materials produced in dungeons. So, it still had to be snatched in the end. Even if there was no sharpshooter class in the team at all, this gun could be said to be of no value, but getting it was also a bargaining chip for trade. At the very least, it was a weakening of the demander. The competition in the professional scene extended like this.

"Attack! Why aren't you attacking yet?!" Dark Night Shadow, who was inside the wall, had already couldn't bear it, and kept刷屏(shuāpíng - spamming) and yelling.

"Wilderness Bandit, its value is not the most top-notch, and the dropped items are relatively limited in practicality. How will the major guilds deal with it..." Ye Xiu was thinking rationally.

"Can you see anything from lying in that hole?" Dark Night Shadow asked Ye Xiu.

"I thought you were more familiar with that hole than I was..." Ye Xiu replied.

"I'm just more familiar with crawling in..." Dark Night Shadow said, lying down by the dog hole, stuffing his head in, trying to see what was going on outside. Although the battle outside hadn't stopped, it was clear that only Blue Brook Guild was still dealing with the Wilderness Bandit's aggro. If a large-scale PK broke out, it was impossible for there to be only this bit of movement.

"Won't he be discovered like this?" Chen Guo said.

"No, there are also straw stacks blocking the outside of the hole." Ye Xiu said.

"Then can't he see anything?" Chen Guo said.

"The straw stacks may have some gaps..." Ye Xiu said.

"So wretched..." Chen Guo said speechlessly.

Outside the wall, Dawn Ice Whirlwind of Blue Brook Guild was also a little helpless. They had originally taken the lead, but who knew that their luck would be so bad today. They hadn't been able to achieve the desired effect even after nine attempts, and as a result, the competitors had arrived. The two major guilds had no fewer people than them, and it would be absolutely suicidal to PK directly.

The person who was speaking to him in a strange tone was from Herb Garden, named Ai Shi. Dawn Ice Whirlwind also recognized him. He was considered a figure in Herb Garden. For activities like killing bosses, they would definitely face competition, so it was impossible for the major guilds to just rush up with anyone. They definitely had to have a spokesperson leading the team.

This one from Excellent Dynasty was called Dream Dust. He was also a famous expert and core member on Excellent Dynasty's side. The person in charge of leading the team was always someone like this.

"Hehe, you two are a little slow!" Dawn Ice Whirlwind also greeted the leaders of the two major guilds.

"This place, hehe, I can guess what Brother Dawn is planning!" Ai Shi said. Club guilds all had quite complete systems. Below the guild leader was the vice guild leader, and then the heads of the various teams. These positions had real significance. They weren't just divided among acquaintances or given to whoever was strong. These were all held by the guild's true core members.

Dawn Ice Whirlwind was one of the five great experts of Blue Brook Guild. It was hard to say whether this expert title really meant a high level of skill in the game. But in terms of his position, his status in the Blue Brook Guild was definitely not low. Comparatively speaking, he was higher than both Ai Shi and Dream Dust, and was considered a big shot.

"Is that so?" Dawn Ice Whirlwind seemed to be just perfunctorily answering. His vision was now directed at the two major guilds, not the dog hole behind him. But at this moment, he still heard a "boom" from behind him. This was the sound of Falling Flower Palm.

"What?!" This sound made Ye Xiu suddenly stunned.

Immediately after, Dark Night Shadow, who had his head stuck in the dog hole, shot out like a cannonball and rolled on the ground several times, directly hitting the wall over there. Lines of text kept flashing on the screen: "I'm fucked I'm fucked I'm fucked!!!"

"Something like this happened..." Ye Xiu quickly lay down and looked into the hole, even he was stunned.